Multivariate Granger causality between CO2 emissions, energy intensity and economic growth in Portugal: evidence from cointegration and causality analysis

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-74

  Shahbaz, Muhammad ^a   Jam, Farooq Ahmed ^b   Bibi, Sadia ^c   Loganathan, Nanthakumar ^d  

^a COMSATS Institute of Information Technology   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c Department of Environmental Sciences   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; energy; financial development; growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955517532     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/20294913.2014.989932     Document Type: Article

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